Washington panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 11:48 Chaitra month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 19:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:06
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
19:44 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:38
- Karana Vishti until 15:13, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:08 – 15:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:06
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:35 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:50 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
| Char | 19:44 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:26 next day Pisces
- 06:26 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method